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Teamsters Celebrate Black History Month ELECTIONELECTION SUPERVISOR:SUPERVISOR: Candidate Campaign Literature for 2006 Election: Page 21 2006 FEBRUARY INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS Teamsters Celebrate Black History Month ININ THISTHIS ISSUEISSUE 8 2 TEAMSTER NEWS l Miami DHL Workers Win Contract FEATURES l The Fight For Pensions l Local 120 Regains Carhaul Jobs 6 A Proud Legacy l UPS Teamsters—The Teamsters Celebrate Best In The Business Black History Month l NetJets Pilots Ratify Contract 18 Cleaning Up Waste Workers Win First Contract 16 ORGANIZING In Georgia, Florida And Alabama 16 l Health Workers 40 “We Shall Not Join Local 493 l Local 118 Welcomes Be Moved” Food Service Drivers Local 922 Celebrates l Public Employees The Life Of Rosa Parks Join Local 252 l Flight Attendants Vote “Yes” l Parking Workers Join Local 911 20 21 ELECTION MATERIAL 12 Trade Marks U.S. Trade Deficit Reaches Record Highs As Government 38 COURT MATERIAL Pursues More Destructive Trade Agreements www.teamster.org International Brotherhood of Teamsters 25 Louisiana Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001-2198 202-624-6800 The Teamster (ISSN 1083-2394) is the official publication of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 25 Louisiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20001-2198. It is published eight times a year in February, March/April, May, June/July, August, September, October/November and December/January. Periodical postage paid at Washington, D.C. and at additional mailing offices. FEBRUARY 2006, VOLUME 103, NO. 1 © 2006 International Brotherhood of Teamsters. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Teamster, Affiliates Records Department, 25 Louisiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20001-2198. Subscription rates: $12 per year. Single copies, $2. (All orders payable in advance.) Members should send address changes to their local union. A MESSAGE FROM THE GENERAL PRESIDENT Remembering Rosa Parks n remembering the life of Rosa Parks, what sending jobs overseas and wages so low many stands out is the tremendous courage it took work two or three jobs just to cover their family’s for her to remain seated on that bus in 1955. basic necessities. Forty-five million Americans are In doing so, she confronted a whole system of without health insurance, and skyrocketing health injustice bearing down on her and her fellow care costs eat away at paychecks that are already African-Americans. stretched. And to make matters worse, the number The same courage is required of workers of workers with defined benefit pensions has struggling to organize in today’s economy. dropped from 41 percent to 21 percent since 1978. Unchecked corporate power, ineffective labor Clearly the frail moorings of middle-class life laws and the pressures of globalization have all are coming undone, yet the Bush administration created formidable odds. But courage, persever- shows neither concern nor initiative in finding Iance and, above all, principled solidarity are still meaningful solutions to these problems. African- the secret weapons that all people possess. American workers, continually on the frontlines of Martin Luther King Jr. also championed a layoffs and downward economic trends, are partic- vision of labor rights being synonymous with civil ularly stung by these factors. In 2005, median rights. King pointed out that the racist and the weekly wages earned by blacks fell 5 percent while labor-hater were often one and the same,“spewing wages for whites dropped 1 percent. The decline in anti-Negro epithets from one mouth and anti- black union membership no doubt plays a role in labor propaganda from the other mouth.” these losses. Sadly, Dr. King was murdered in Memphis, It is my hope that Rosa Parks’ life will serve as a Tennessee while supporting the rights of striking reminder to workers of all races and ethnic groups sanitation workers. But I think he would be heart- that there comes a time when enough is enough. ened to know that his spirit is alive and well as With corporate greed and corporate-owned politi- Teamster waste workers in Alabama, Georgia and cians making our laws and running our country, Florida recently secured first contracts achieving now is the time to be building and organizing for security for their families and respect on the job. the future. Workers can rise above these obstacles by join- “I Can Take It No Longer” ing together in trade unions, and building the kind Dr. King once described Rosa Parks’ act of civil of solidarity and strength that can challenge the disobedience as a simple breaking point where the powers that be and change the course of history. human personality cries out,“I can take it no Rosa Parks’ life is proof of that. longer.” Today’s workers are approaching a similar point as they see the hard-won victories of the past crumble around them. Today, American workers have less economic security, with corporations www.teamster.org | FEBRUARY 2006 | TEAMSTER 1 TEAMSTERTEAMSTER NEWS Miami Slice DHL Gateway Teamsters in Florida Approve First Contract HL workers are celebrat- job security language. Exceptional Contract first contract that will provide ing another in a long “We are ecstatic that we By ratifying the contract, the improvements across the Dstring of victories with have completed these negotia- 130 workers at MIA became board for these workers.” the overwhelming passage of a tions,”said Alex Saumell, an the third DHL gateway loca- contract in Florida. 18-year worker at the DHL tion to be protected by a Team- Looking Ahead Teamsters at the Miami Miami gateway facility. “The ster agreement this year. The solid contracts at the gate- International Airport (MIA) credit goes to Mike Scott, Don Miami gateway workers are ways set the stage for DHL DHL gateway facility Marr and all the workers here joining 300 DHL Teamsters at workers at independent approved a four-year contract at the gateway who stood John F. Kennedy International cartage contractors (ICCs) in December, gaining wage strong through this entire Airport in New York and 150 around the country who are increases, a pension plan and process.” gateway workers at Los Angeles involved in negotiations with International Airport. those operators. In addition to securing “The workers sent a mes- excellent wage increases and sage to DHL that they are lowering the cost of health proud Teamsters who will insurance for the workers, the support all the DHL workers agreement includes job securi- that are negotiating a first ty language and guarantees a contract,”said Don Marr, a minimum of 40 hours per Local 769 business agent. week for full-time employees. A major focus of the Inter- The contract also includes national Union during 2006 strong language that provides will be to secure contracts for the members with an out- those ICC workers who have standing grievance procedure chosen Teamster representa- and seniority requirements. tion. The DHL team at the “These workers were so International Union is current- excited about becoming ly assessing the needs of differ- Teamsters,”said Michael Scott, ent locals to devise strategies President of Local 769 in that will secure strong con- Miami.“This is an exceptional tracts with the ICCs. GENERAL EXECUTIVE BOARD James P.Hoffa VICE PRESIDENTS TEAMSTERS CANADA CENTRAL REGION EASTERN REGION SOUTHERN REGION WESTERN REGION TRUSTEES General President AT-LARGE Robert Bouvier, Patrick W. Flynn Jack Cipriani Tyson Johnson J. Allen Hobart Frank Gallegos 25 Louisiana Ave., NW Randy Cammack President 4217 South Halsted St. P.O. Box 35405 1007 Jonelle Street 14675 Interurban Ave. S 207 North Sanborn Rd. Washington, DC 20001 845 Oak Park Road Teamsters Canada Chicago, IL 60609 Greensboro, NC 27425 Dallas, TX 75217 Suite 301 Salinas, CA 93905 Covina, CA 91724 2540 Daniel Johnson Tukwila, WA 98168 C. Thomas Keegel Suite 804 Walter A. Lytle Ken Hall Ken Wood Henry B. Perry Jr. General Secretary- Fred Gegare Laval, Quebec, Canada 2644 Cass Street 267 Staunton Ave. SW 5818 E. MLK Jr. Blvd. Chuck Mack 796 E. Brooks Ave. Treasurer 1546 Main Street H7T 2S3 Fort Wayne, IN 46808 South Charleston, WV Tampa, FL 33619 P.O. Box 2270 Memphis, TN 38116 25 Louisiana Ave., NW Green Bay, WI 54302 25303 Oakland, CA 94621 Washington, DC 20001 Tom Fraser Dotty Malinsky John Steger Carroll Haynes 1890 Meyerside Dr. 9409 Yukon Avenue S. John Murphy Jim Santangelo 25 Louisiana Ave., N.W. 216 West 14th Street Mississauga, Ontario Bloomington, MN 765 East Third Street 818 S. Oak Park Road Washington, DC 20001 New York, NY 10011 Canada L5T 1B4 55438 Boston, MA 02127 Covina, CA 91724 Tom O’Donnell Garnet Zimmerman Lester A. Singer Richard Volpe 1 Hollow Lane 7283 149th A Street 435 South Hawley St. 6 Tuxedo Avenue Suite 309 Surrey, B.C. Canada Toledo, OH 43609 New Hyde Park, NY Lake Success, NY 11042 V3S 3H4 11040 Philip E. Young Ralph J. Taurone 1668 N.W. 1000 Road 47 West 200 South Creighton, MO 64739 Suite 300 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 A Brighter Future Local 120 Wins Back Union Jobs aul Smith always wanted the security and benefits of a union job after having one years ago. Now, thanks to Local 120 in St. Paul, PMinnesota, Smith has a brighter future as a carhaul Teamster. “I love being a Teamster,” said Smith, a driver for Allied Systems. “I feel more secure for myself and for my family.” Local 120 successfully fought to get union carhaul jobs back that had been lost to a nonunion company. As a result, Smith and three-dozen other carhaul drivers and several mechanics are now proud Teamsters. In 2000, General Motors contracted the work at Cottage Grove, Minnesota to Sierra Mountain Express, a nonunion company, putting the Teamsters out of work.
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